What: Beginning Meditation Teacher Training with Karen Anderson. When: One weekend a month June through September, including June 1-18; July 15-16; Aug. 19-20; and Sept. 16-17. Class is held from 9 ...

Meditation: It's not just for new age gurus and Yogis anymore. And, now, new research suggests that you don't have to devote years or even months of your life to the practice of meditation to reap ...

Mindfulness meditation proponents often tout it as a way to create a more compassionate society. But that claim seems a bit dubious upon first glance. After all, meditation is an internal ...

If you're worried about your dwindling attention span or what might happen to your brain as you get older, consider picking up meditation. The most extensive longitudinal study to date on how ...

Living with pain is stressful, but a surprisingly short investment of time in mental training can help you cope. A new study examining the perception of pain and the effects of various mental training ...

Mindfulness meditation is an increasingly popular treatment for anxiety, but testing its effectiveness in a convincing way has been difficult. Now a rigorously designed, NIH-sponsored clinical trial ...

Meditation could protect older people against Alzheimer's, according to research. Meditation boosts attention, awareness, and emotional health—faculties that decline with dementia. The findings, in ...

Humans have less attention span than goldfish! A number of sites, including Time.com, reported a few years ago that we were only able to hold our attention for 8 seconds, compared with 9 seconds for a ...

Following an 18-month meditation programme can improve the wellbeing of older adults, finds a new randomised controlled trial by an international team co-led by UCL. The findings, published in PLOS ...

The University of Wisconsin was the first school to hire a full-time meditation coach for athletes. The hiring was influenced by a 2017 pilot program with former NFL players. Wisconsin football alumni ...

Rosenbeck is the creator and lead meditation teacher at The Mellow Elephant meditation in Wilbraham and East Longmeadow. His ...